Duhok Governorate (Kurdish: پارێزگای دھۆک, Parêzgeha Dihok, Syriac: ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܢܘܗܕܪܐ, romanized: Hoparkiya d’Nohadra,[3] Arabic: محافظة دهوك, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Dohūk) is a governorate in the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

It includes Zakho, near the Ibrahim Khalil border crossing with Şırnak Province, Turkey.

[5] Duhok Governorate is mainly populated by Kurds with an Arab, Assyrian, and Armenian minority.

The main religious groups are Muslims, Yazidis and Christians.

[6] Duhok Governorate is divided into seven districts, four of which are officially part of Kurdistan Region, while three others are under de facto control of the Kurdistan Regional Government: